African Sacred Ibis

[Stu Bowie]

I captured this shot, while shooting Herons and Egrets, and I was glad that there were some clouds in the sky. Maybe not the most colourful subject, but a good test on the whites. Taken early morning.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/3200
F/7.1
ISO 640

Manual exposure
Hand held

[Ross Taylor]

Very impressive Stu!

I love the look of this bird :) Composition in pano is great. Exposure blacks and whites seem ideal. Love the sky in the background with faint clouds.

TFS
Ross

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely light and image. Crop works great. We actually had one of these birds in SE Florida several years back!!!

[Bill Dix]

Great flight pose, and perfect exposure. Love the clouds with just a hint of early morning color.

[Grace Scalzo]

I like it and you are right about the clouds. I think you made a good compositional choice by going with a pano. Open bill is nice.

[Karl Egressy]

Perfect exposure on the white, good shooting angle, nice wings down pose and good framing for the longish shape in flight, Stu.

[David Cowling]

This is just perfect for me. I like the fully extended wings, the excellent exposure, the background with just a hint of colour in the clouds and the way that the beak is open just a fraction. Agree that the pano framing suits this image.

[keith mitchell]

Stu the exposure you have on this can't be far off perfect, agree with the others re cropping and that nice sky.

Keith.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback everyone. Always appreciated.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent! Nothing I can add here except my pleasure in viewing the image.

[Mike Poole]

Another excellent flight shot Stu. Nice wing position, with just a hint of curl in the wing tip, and a perfect angle on the bird. Details well controlled in a subject of very contrasting tones.

Mike

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

You've indeed done well with the whites here, Stu! Nice wing position, nice detail & clarity - not to mention the BG! I would have been be proud of it had it been mine...

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wonderful details and exposure, caught at the right moment too, a very pleasing image to view.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Stu! I like the wing position, open beak, exposure, IQ and composition.

[gail bisson]

Love this Stu! My favorite color of BG is that gun metal grey you have here.
Exposure is perfect.
Well done,
Gail

[David Salem]

I'm a bit late but I just had a morning off to check out the forum. What a great shot Stu! The wing position and the HA look great but the killer exposure really makes this one shine. The clouds add something to the BG that I like. Well done